Goemkarponn desk Vasco: GPCC Vice President Sankalp Amonkar on Monday has demanded that the counting of votes of all 11 municipalities including one corporation should be held on same day. Amonkar said that the results of 6 municipalities going for early elections on 20th March could influence voters of the remaining 5 municipalities. Amonkar said that while the Supreme Court verdict had been a slap on the Government and the DMA department led by Urban Development Minister Milind Naik, there had been news that there could be political interference again and reminded the government that the Supreme Court order specifically…
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Goemkarponn Desk Panaji: One of our former State Election Commissioner landed in Jail due to his misdeeds. The Chief Minister of Goa must make it clear to the Vigilant People of Goa that there is no pending Vigilance Inquiry against the new State Election Commissioner. We hope that the BJP is not planning to wash his sins in the Lotus Pond stated North Goa District Congress President Vijay Bhike. It is made clear by the Supreme Court that the person holding the position of State Election Commissioner must be with complete authority and independence. The head of the Statutory Body…
Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Twenty three scientists set sail on a research vessel off the eastern coast of India today (14 March 2021) on a three-month-long quest to map the genomic and proteomic diversity of the Indian Ocean. Peering into the biochemical processes in ocean life, the scientists from the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) also hope to come back with a deeper understanding of how the ocean responds to climate change, nutrient stress and pollution. The research vessel Sindhu Sadhana, flagged off from the Visakhapatnam coast in Andhra Pradesh, will cover a distance of nearly 10,000 nautical miles trying to…
Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Against the backdrop of the call made by Shri. Giriraj Singh, Honourable Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Govt of India to make Goa as Fisheries Hub of the Country” during the recent visit to Goa, the CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) with vast experience and complementary skills and expertise in aquatic resource management, aquaculture, ocean engineering and fisheries oceanography has drawn up a multi-disciplinary research plan to make cage aquaculture economically, ecologically and socially responsible venture. Recently, Prof. Sunil Kumar Singh, Director, CSIR-NIO led a team of scientists to experimental and commercial cage farming sites…
Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: Speaker Rajesh Patnekar today has infomred that the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant is likely to table the State Budget 2021-22 on April 24. “The discussion and passing of the Budget to take place this session; Total 450 starred questions and 753 unstarred questions recieved so far for the session; daily session to be curtailed by 6pm to 7pm strictly,” said Speaker Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had said he would be presenting the state’s budget in the end of March and it would focus on making the state self- reliant. While the Union Budget tabled in Parliament was about…
Goemkaponn Desk PANAJI: Eminent Goan Artist and Padma Bhushan Laxman Pai passed away this evening at the age of 95. From 1947 to 1950 Pai was largely inspired by Goan subjects and the concept of Indian miniatures. His initial works speak about the Goan way of life, as can be seen from his paintings depicting the ‘Zambaulim Shigmo’ or the process of feni-making. Pai was also inspired by ancient Egyptian sculptures. He listens to music when he paints. His favourites include Kumar Gandharv, Bhimsen Joshi and Kishori Amonkar. Pai has painted various paintings based on different ragas of Indian classical…
Goemkaponn Desk PANAJI: Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has cleared appointment of Narayan Navti as the new State Election Commissioner (SEC) The notification will be issued on Monday. Chokha Ram Garg has resigned from the post of the State Election Commission (SEC). SC had ordered the Goa government to appoint an independent election commissioner. The state government had given additional charge of State Election Commissioner to the state’s Law Secretary. A Bench of Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman, B R Gavai and Hrishikesh Roy, was hearing an appeal by the Goa government against an order of the Bombay High Court which had…